CES 2026: Follow live as Nvidia, Lego, AMD, Amazon, and more make their big reveals

CES 2026, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is here. And lucky for you, we have TechCrunch editors and reporters on the ground to cover the news, scout out the interesting, weird, and relevant (and some not so relevant) tech, and of course the people working on it. Even before the official… Continua a leggere CES 2026: Follow live as Nvidia, Lego, AMD, Amazon, and more make their big reveals

Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com

Amazon is bringing Alexa+ to the web with a new Alexa.com site, expanding its AI assistant beyond devices and positioning it as a family-focused, agent-style chatbot.

Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026

Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings, and more.

How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO

Three-year-old startup Mercor has become a $10 billion middleman in AI’s data gold rush. The company connects AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic with former employees of Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and white-shoe law firms, paying them up to $200 an hour to share their industry expertise and train the AI models that could eventually automate their former employers out of business.   Today we’re bringing… Continua a leggere How AI is reshaping work and who gets to do it, according to Mercor’s CEO

Equity’s 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC

TechCrunch’s Equity crew is bringing 2025 to a close and getting ahead on the year to come with our annual predictions episode! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan were joined by Build Mode host Isabelle Johannessen to dissect the year’s biggest tech developments, from mega AI funding rounds that defied expectations to the rise of “physical AI,” and make… Continua a leggere Equity’s 2026 Predictions: AI Agents, Blockbuster IPOs, and the Future of VC

Why the operating room is ripe for AI, according to Akara

There’s plenty of hype around AI and robots in healthcare, but the problem that’s actually costing hospitals money right now is operating room coordination. Two to four hours of OR time is lost every single day, not because of the surgeries themselves, but because of everything in between, from manual scheduling and coordination chaos to… Continua a leggere Why the operating room is ripe for AI, according to Akara